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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

