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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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