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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor 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