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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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