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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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