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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
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