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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

