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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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