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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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