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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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