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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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