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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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