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...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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