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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
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