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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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