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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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