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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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