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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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