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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

