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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

