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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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