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