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