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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
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...

