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...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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