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