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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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