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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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