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 Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
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...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

