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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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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