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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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