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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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