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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston