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...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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