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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

