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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

