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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown