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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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