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
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston