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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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