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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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