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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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