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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

