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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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