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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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