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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston