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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

