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
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...

