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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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