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