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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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