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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
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Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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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