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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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