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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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