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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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