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
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor 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