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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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