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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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