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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
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...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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