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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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