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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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