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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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