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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
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