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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

