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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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