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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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