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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
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...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown