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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

