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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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