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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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