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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

