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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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