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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

