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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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