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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
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...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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