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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
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...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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