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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...

