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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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