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