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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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