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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

