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
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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