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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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