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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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