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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

