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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

