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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
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...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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