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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
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