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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

