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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

