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...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston