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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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