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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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