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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
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...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
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...

