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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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