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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

