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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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