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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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