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...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

