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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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