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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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