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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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