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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston