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...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

