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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

