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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston