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...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

