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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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