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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

