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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

