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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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