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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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?
Roadtrips
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
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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