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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

