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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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