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...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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