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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In 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