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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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