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...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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