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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

