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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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