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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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