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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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