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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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