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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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