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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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