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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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