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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

