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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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