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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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