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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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