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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

