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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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