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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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