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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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