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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
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...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

