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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

