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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
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