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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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