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...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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