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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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