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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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