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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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