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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

