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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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