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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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