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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
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...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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