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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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