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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

