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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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