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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
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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