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...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

