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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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