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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

