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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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