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