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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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