In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul