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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
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 Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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