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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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