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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
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...
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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