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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown