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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

