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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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