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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

