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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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