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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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