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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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