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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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