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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

