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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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