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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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