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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown