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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

