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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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