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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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