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
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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