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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
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...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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