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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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