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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

