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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

