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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
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