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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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