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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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