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