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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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