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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

