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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

