The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Twin Cities Area
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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