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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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