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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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