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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown