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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

