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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

