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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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