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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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