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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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