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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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