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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown