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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
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...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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