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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In 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