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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

