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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown