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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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