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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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