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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
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
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

