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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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