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...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown