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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

