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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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