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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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