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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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