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...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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