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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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