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 Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
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...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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