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 Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion 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...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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