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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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