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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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