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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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