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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

