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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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