It's something of a secret that Minnesota has lots of old homes and mansions of historical value. There were a lot of business pioneers who took up residency here and built impressive and artistically significant homes throughout the Midwest. One of my favorites is the American Swedish Institute in the Turnblad Mansion. It's even been visited by the King and Queen of Sweden.

Recently, they have been host to monthly parties and I got to attend one. It was pretty great and the night was lovely. They had food, drinks, music, Swedish glass blowing demonstrations as well as the Swedish game Kubb.