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...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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