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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston