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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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?
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 Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

