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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

