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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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