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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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