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