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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

