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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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