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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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