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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown