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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

