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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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