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...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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