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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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