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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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