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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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