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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
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...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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