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
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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