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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital 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