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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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