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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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