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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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