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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

