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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

