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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
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 Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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