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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston