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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

