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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston