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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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