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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
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...
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
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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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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