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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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