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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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