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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

