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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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