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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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