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...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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