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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
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...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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