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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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