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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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