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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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