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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City