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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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