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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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