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...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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