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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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