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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
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...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
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
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

