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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
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