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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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