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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

