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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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