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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
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...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

