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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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