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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith 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...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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