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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
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