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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens 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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

