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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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