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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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