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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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