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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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