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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

