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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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