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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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