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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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