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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

