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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
