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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
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...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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