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...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

