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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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