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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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