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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

