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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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