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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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