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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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