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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

