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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston