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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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