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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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