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...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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