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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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