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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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