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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown