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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

