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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

