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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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
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