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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

