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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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