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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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