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