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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

