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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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