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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

