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...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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