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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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