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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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