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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

