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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown