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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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