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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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