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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...

