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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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