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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

