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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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