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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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