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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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