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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
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