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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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