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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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