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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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