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...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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