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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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