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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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