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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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