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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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