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...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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