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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

