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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

