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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown