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...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown