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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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