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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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