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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

