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