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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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