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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

