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 Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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