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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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