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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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