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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

