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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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