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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston