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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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