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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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