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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

