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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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...
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