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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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