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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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