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...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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