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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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