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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
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
Old Brewery In Preston