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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul