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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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