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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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