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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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
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