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