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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

