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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
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