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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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