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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

