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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

