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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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