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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

