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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

