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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
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...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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