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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
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 Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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