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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

