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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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