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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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