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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

