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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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