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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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