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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

