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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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