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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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