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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

