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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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