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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette 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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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