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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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