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