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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library 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...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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