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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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