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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

