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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown