University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Twin Cities Area
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

