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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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