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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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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