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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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