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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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