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