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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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