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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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