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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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