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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
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