The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Twin Cities Area
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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