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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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