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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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