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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston