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
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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...
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