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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
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...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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