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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown