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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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