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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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