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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
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...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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