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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
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