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