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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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