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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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