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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown