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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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