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...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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