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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown