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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

