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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

