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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

