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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

