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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

