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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
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...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

