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...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

