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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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