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 Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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