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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

