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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

