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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

