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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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