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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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