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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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