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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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