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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

