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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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