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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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