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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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