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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

