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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

