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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
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