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