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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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