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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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