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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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