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

