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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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