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
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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