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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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