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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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