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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
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
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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