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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

