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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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