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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown