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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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