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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

