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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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