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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor 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