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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

