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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill 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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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