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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul