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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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