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...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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