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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul