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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
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...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor 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