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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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