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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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