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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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