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