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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...

