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...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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