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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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