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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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