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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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