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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

