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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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