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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

