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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
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