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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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