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...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston