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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

