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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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