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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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