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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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