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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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