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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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