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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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