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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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