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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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