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...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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