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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

