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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

