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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

