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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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