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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
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...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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