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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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