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