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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown