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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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