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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

