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
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

