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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

