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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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