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...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
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...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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