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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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