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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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