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
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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