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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
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
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

